Deirdre Kelly - Globe & Mail, 01.12.02:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Delicious dance tales</B><P>The horror of these earlier years shaped the satin-slippered Plisetskaya into a hard-nosed realist: "Just think how many holy deceits were perpetuated then in our miserable, god-forsaken, blood-covered Russia."<P>She writes these words in I, Maya,an autobiography that is also a searing indictment of Soviet Russia, of communism and of the blinding naiveté with which the Isadoras of this world have often approached her country. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>To read more search <B>Deirdre Kelly</B> on the <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.com" TARGET=_blank>Globe & Mail's</A> 7 Day Search

For many years, followers here of Soviet politics and performing arts were convinced that the U.S.S.R. was a paradise for dancers. They have only to read this autobiography of the world-famous ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya, to realize a rude awakening.

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